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PAINT, WHITEWASH, AND OTHER BRUSHES.

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PAINT, WHITEWASH, AND OTHER BRUSHES.

No. 251,947. Patented Jan. 3,1882.

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PAINT, WHITEWASH, AND OTHER BRUSHES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 251,947, dated January 3, 1882.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JAMES ALONZO READ and CALVIN DWIGHT READ,'0t' Ayer, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Paint, Whitewash, and other Brushes, which improvement is fully set forth in the following speciiicatiou,reference being h ad to the accompanying drawings.

Our invention relates to an improvement in and a process of manufacture for brushes, the

object being to produce an article which shall be durable and efflcientin use, and which may be manufactured and supplied to the trade at a reduced cost.

With these ends in view our invention consists in applying and cementing bristles to thin flexible strips of rubber or its equivalent, in subjecting a number of strips so prepared to pressure, and in attaching them to a handle before or after compression, as may be desirable.

Our invention further consists in forming a rubber flange or cup around the base of a brush, to receive any liquid which may flow therefrom when in inverted position.

Our invention further consistsin certain details of construction and combinations of parts, as will be more fully described herein, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a paint-brush constructed in accordance with ourinvention. Fig. 2 is a view thereof in vertical central section. Fig. 3 is-a view in side elevation of a whitewash-brush made inaccordan'ce with our invention. Fig. etis a view in vertical cross-section of the rubber body, bristles, and flange thereof; and Figs.5, 6, and 7 respectively representthe three steps of the process in the order in which they succeed each other.

A represents a hard annular ring, formed by compressing a system of concentric rubber strips having bristles B attached to them.'

O is thebrush-handle, and is provided at its base with grooves or notches D, to receive portions of the rubber when compressed, thus securing it firmly to the handle.

The process of constructing a brush similar to that shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings consists in applying bristles to strips of rubber oran equivalent composition rolled very thin,

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in cementing them thereto by any snitablecement, in winding the strips of rubber so prepared around a brush-handle, and in subjecting the whole to high pressure until cured in iron molds constructed for the purpose and placed in a steam-heated press. The width of the rubber or composition strips and the number of bristles applied to them will depend, of course, on the character of the brush to be produced and the use for which it is designed. However, care should be taken to apply the bristles evenly and to allow them to dry on the strips before winding the latter on the brushhandle. The handle should be prepared to receive the bristled strips by winding it with a strip of the rubber orcomposition. An excellent cement for the use above given may be made by dissolving rubber in benzine. The process of constructing brushes like the one shown in Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings is the same in principle, the only difference being that the strips are wound on a broad flat handle and pressed and heated in asimilar-shaped. mold. Also, after the bristle-containing strips have been applied, plain strips are wound upon them to form a flange or cup, E, as shown in Fig. 4: of the drawings. The flange catches any drops of the paint which is being applied by the brush and prevents the objectionable dropping thereof. This feature, which may be applied to brushes of any form, is particularly valuablein whitewash-brushes, obviatingthe soil ing of walls, furniture, or carpets.

Paint-brushes constructed by following our process are superior to those wherein the bristies are secured in place by cord and wire, in so far as they may be dipped or left in water without injury, as the rubber composition is impervious, and by embedding the bristles in blocks of rubber, as it were, they are fixed in place, and will not loosen and by continually shedding injure the brush and mar painted effects. The brushes are also cheaper in construction than those made in the old way.

We would have it understood that we do not limit ourselves to the exact construction-shown we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. A process of making brushes, consisting in cementing bristles to thin strips of rubber or its equivalent, in winding the strips so prepared onto the brush-handle, and in subjecting the whole to pressure, substantially as set forth.

2. A brush having its bristles secured in place by thin strips of rubber or its equivalent, substantially as set forth.

3. A brush having its bristles secured to a thin strip or strips of rubber or its equivalent wound around the base of the handle, substantially as set forth,

4. A brush having its bristles secured to a thin strip or strips of rubber or its equivalent wound around the base of the handle, the several layers of rubber being tightly compressed, substantially as set forth.

5. In a brush, the combination, with a handle having a notched base, of strips of rubber havingbristles secured thereto and wound upon the notched base of the handle, substantially as set forth.

6. In a brush, the combination, with the bristles, of an outwardly-projecting 'flange formed of several layers of a thin rubber band tightly wound around the butts of the bristles, substantially as set forth.

JAMES A. READ. CALVIN D, READ.

Witnesses:

MICHAEL BROWN, CLARK A. BATCHELDER. 

